Just wondering is there a correlation between deep tiredness and heart arrhythmias?
I am sleeping well but I am feeling this overwhelming deep tiredness.
My heart at this stage isn’t beating too fast feels more sluggish and missing every 3rd beat.
It’s been 3 months now since ablation.
Sounds about normal to me. Still early days and can take up to six months for full recovery . The ectopics are also common . Try the deep slow breathing exercise . (Check it out by using the search healthunlocked box top right. )
Thankyou bob will do
I felt like that for years and blamed AF, but medication had damaged my thyroid and made it under active which made me tire very quickly. I'd ask your GP for a blood test and see if your thyroid function is the cause.
Best wishes
Jean
Yes I booked into doctors will ask for a blood test
Hi Jean I have been notified that my Thyroid has been compromised. I am due an Ultrasound check next week and my Amiodarone has been discontinued. I have recently had a cardioversion and my pulse is regular so I am not sure what effects the Hyperthyroidism will have on my wellbeing can you share your experiences with me. I know we are all unique but I am completely in the dark! Thanks, Phyl.
Hi Phyllis
I was diagnosed as hypothyroid (underactive thyroid ) after taking Amiodarone which is the opposite to your hyperthyroid (overactive thyroid). I think the treatment for your condition will be very different to mine. Mine is just to take pills to boost the chemicals it needs to function better. There's a site called Thyroid UK on Health Unlocked and the members on there are extremely helpful and know everything, so I would suggest you go there and ask for advice. I believe hyperthyroidism can be the cause of a fast heart rate.
Go up to My hub at the top left of this page and scroll down to Browse communities and find Thyroid UK. Have just found you the link: healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk
Let me know if you have any difficulties.
Jean
Thanks Jean, I will explore the Thyroid link. Stay well . Phyl.
Everyone is different and recovers at different rates, however, sometimes there is something else going one Do you monitor yourself? Are there any other symptoms to indicate there may be something else going on?
Like Jean, I felt very tired and very sluggish after my second ablation, which was very, very different to my first when I felt I mediately better, but it wasn’t until I developed specific symptoms doctors could determine that there was something else going on.
I think it is useful to have checks and keep revisiting the symptoms not assume either way that there is or is not something else going on.
Unfortunately sometimes it is just a matter of time and our unrealistic time scale expectations of regaining our vigour and time and rest really are the healers.
Yes I know what you mean, sometimes you think your symptoms are related to one thing and find out it is something different entirely.
Tiredness is a common complaint I believe and you need time to heal. Chill out but get things checked out if you are not happy. We know our own bodies so listen to it.
While you think you are sleeping well, it it possible you might have sleep apnea? May want to talk to your MD about whether they think a sleep study is needed to evaluate. I thought I was sleeping well after a couple ablations earlier this year, only to be tired and then found out had moderate/severe sleep apnea.
While I was staying asleep for 8 or 9 hours, no problem, I didn't realize that I wasn't breathing, on average, 30 times for 30 seconds each, per hour. Thus, in total, not breathing for 15 minutes of each hour. I had no idea, but my wife had noticed it and mentioned to MD, so they sent me out for a study.
That is improving substantially after several months with a CPAP machine. My cardiologist and EP have told me that for patients that have sleep apnea, and don't address it, the chance of long term success for ablations is reduced to somewhere between 10% and 50%. If sleep apnea addressed/minimized...probabilities go way up of long term effectiveness.
Thanks for reply but I don’t think I have this. Possibly mayb
Sorry silly phone. Possibly husband has it thou as I usual have to push him over to his side if he lays on his back. 🤨
Are you still on medication? I found beta blockers especially made me feel lethargic because they slowed my heart beat.
No went off all medication.
Maybe your husband needs to get the test:-)! If I had listened to my wife 10 years ago, when she first pointed out I wasn't breathing consistently, I might have avoided Afib/Flutter entirely. Although, back then not sure the Cardiologists/EP's were focused on it as a cause....but now it seems to be at the top of their list. I didn't snore much and was in reasonably good physical condition...so thought it wouldn't apply to me...big mistake.
Also, jumping back to your question before I got off on sleep apnea, I am about 8 months downstream from two ablations, and only in the last month have I really felt essentially back to normal. In my case, I suspect that has to do with working off of Flecainide, as I seemed to feel much better almost immediately. I still take Beta Blocker (Nadolol), and that keeps my heart rate down so I notice if I workout it is hard to get heart rate above 100 vs. would be 130 before....but think that is how beta blockers are supposed to work and except when working out, the beta blocker doesn't seem to bother me at all.
Like others have said, since you are only 3 months out from procedure, this doesn't sound unusual and hopefully will improve with time, and probably with a future reduction in the Rx's you have to take presently.
Oh, and one more thing...if you weren't on blood thinners until close to the time of your procedure, those can make you tired for a few months, as well. We me, and an MD friend of mine with same thing, after a few months the blood thinner tiredness (we both take Eliquis) subsided.
My arrithmia nurse checked me out for sleep apnea last week. He tells me it’s common in 30% of people with A/F. He asked me how many times I got up during the night ? My answer was once or sometimes twice during the night. My answers told him I did have sleep apnea but it is very common with people with A/F.
Sorry my Answer should read I do not have sleep apnea. Mike.
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